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Seven Questions With IBM’s Manoj Saxena About Watson and Cancer

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 4 at 7:00 am PT

IBM’s game-show winning, human-humiliating supercomputer has a new gig: Helping doctors treat patients with cancer.

For Yahoo (And Me, Too), Time Is Brain

Kara Swisher in News on November 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT

Yahoo has about 30 working days to make what has to be a complex and multiparty deal, in an effort that is akin to herding cats.

What Not to Do in Hong Kong (Trust Me on This One)

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on October 19, 2011 at 2:30 am PT

How shall I put this as delicately as I am known for: So I went to AsiaD in Hong Kong and all I got was this lousy transient ischemic attack.

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McAfee Glitch Reboots Computers, Again and Again

Ben Worthen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 21, 2010 at 4:21 pm PT

PCs across the country rebooted continuously Wednesday, in a mass outbreak reminiscent of the widespread computer viruses from a decade ago. The cause this time wasn’t a virus, however, but a glitch on the part of a company that’s supposed to stop such malicious programs.

Kara Visits TEDMED (Featuring Synthetic Skin and Heart-Scanning iPhones!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 29, 2009 at 2:05 am PT

Can your cellphone check your blood sugar? What does a wireless BandAid do? Is my pill networked? Can a videogame cure cancer? Will a robot care for my mom? Can an iPhone save my life? And, of course, does synthetic skin feel gross? The answer to the last question is yes, but it is also pretty astonishing to touch, as noted in one of the many tech-heavy talks at TEDMED, the medical and health-care conference, which has returned after a five-year hiatus, to Hotel Coronado near San Diego.